Leveraging Interactive Tools in Zoom to Keep Students Engaged

6/16/20 Workshop

Other Recordings:
6/17/20 Workshop
6/18/20 Workshop

Resources:
Leveraging Zoom Tools For Collaboration (Workshop #2)

Is anyone out there? Can anyone hear me?? If students aren’t listening, they aren’t learning, so what can we do?

Join this interactive workshop with Lea Rosenberry, Penn State’s lead Zoom trainer, to learn how to keep students engaged in your virtual class meetings. Leverage Zoom tools such as screen sharing, chat, non-verbal feedback, and polling to keep students engaged. Stop worrying about Zoom and concentrate on what you do best…teaching students!

Participants will be able to:

  • Manage students to promote learning during virtual class meetings
  • Deal with common tech issues during virtual class meetings
  • Use Zoom tools to promote interaction and keep students engaged
  • Apply best practices for using screensharing, chat, non-verbal feedback, and polling

About the Presenter:

Lea Rosenberry is an IT Training Specialist and Penn State’s lead Zoom trainer. Lea was instrumental in the University’s move to remote teaching for Covid-19 and is continuing to support faculty and staff in using Zoom effectively so that virtual classes and meetings are a viable and sometimes even superior alternative to face-to-face. Prior to working at Penn State, Lea taught college-level math and statistics for 20 years in face-to-face, hybrid, and online formats. With over 16 years in online education she has experience in curriculum development, creating online content, training and mentoring new instructors, and writing and facilitating online courses.